Education

The new all-girls charter school will serve students in grades K-8 and focus on a STEM-based education.... Read More

Fort Wayne Community Schools is extending its pre-kindergarten program. The district announced last week that, for the first time, all students living within the district's boundaries will have access to high quality pre-K at a Fort Wayne elementary school.... Read More

The union says it has the right to negotiate the issue. The district says that’s not required under state law.... Read More

Kelly and Tony Trent, parents of Purdue super fan Tyler Trent, joined university officials between quarters of Purdue's Hammer Down Cancer football game Saturday against Ohio State to announce the founding of the Tyler Trent Pediatric Cancer Research Center.... Read More

The college received a $3 million Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions grant, which is a program looking to expand opportunities, quality and offerings at schools classified as "Hispanic serving institutions." ... Read More

Purdue University Northwest's team will use the federal grant to study hydrogen-based alternatives to carbon emissions in furnaces used by steelworkers.... Read More

Vincennes University is using $4.5 million in state funding to expand its Aviation Maintenance program in Indianapolis. The university said Thursday the effort aims to double enrollment and provide more high school dual-credit offerings around the state.... Read More

During a forum Thursday, IU and Purdue officials emphasized continuing opportunities for collaboration even as both schools create two independent campuses.... Read More

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins will step down at the end of the school year, university officials announced Friday morning. Jenkins is Notre Dame’s 17th president and has served in his role since 2005.... Read More

The program, called Pilot Promise, will be available to first-time and transfer students living on campus starting in fall 2024. Determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students who receive both the full Federal Pell Grant and full Indiana State Grant will be eligible for free tuition.... Read More

The South Bend Regional Chamber plans to introduce about 600 local high school students to career opportunities Friday in its inaugural Building Trades Day @ Notre Dame. The event will feature more than 50 employers and training partners.... Read More

ZS Systems LLC, dba ZS Instruments, will use the Phase II SBIR National Science Foundation funds to work on a novel method to produce high-accuracy optical encoders, which will measure position and convert it into an electronic signal. It is a business working on this research with the Purdue College of Engineering researchers.... Read More

The Purdue team will study how to apply and automate 3D printing in the manufacture of wind turbines. ... Read More

Smaller class sizes. School buses. Low-cost preschool. These are some of the things that eleven Indiana districts are hoping to fund via property tax increases that voters will consider in the November election.... Read More

Though financially viable, the Mendoza program will be discontinued at the end of the school year, university officials say, to focus on two-year programs.... Read More

Vincennes University will announce a new partnership Thursday afternoon meant to expand aviation education and career opportunities and support growth at the Indianapolis International Airport. ... Read More

Dozens of individual and team inductees into Purdue University Northwest's Society of Innovators will be recognized next week.... Read More

Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday reviewed the results of a “first-of-its-kind” request of higher education cost and debt data — and found it lacking.... Read More

Purdue University Fort Wayne has enrolled its largest group of first-year international students with 182 from 22 countries. Overall, the campus has 499 international students from 62 countries. Of that total, 334 are graduate students and 165 undergrads. ... Read More

Gyeong Mee Yoon, an associate professor of botany and plant pathology, is researching how two different biochemical pathways, biosynthesis and signaling of the ethylene hormone play into how plants respond to stressors like drought, severe heat and cold. There may be a link between independent cellular signaling pathways of ethylene biosynthesis and autophagy.... Read More